Great Women Leaders After Menopause

I posted comments in other blogs over DAP’s “chilli padi” Ms Fong quitting the coming general election as she said she could not tolerate the internal power play.

In reads:

“It would appear that women only make great leaders after menopause. Eg Indira Ganhdi, Margarette Thatcher, Golda Meir etc.

This is because many of human and animal behaviors are dictated by the homones.

As for Ms Fong, I would advise her to overlook nitpicking individuals and issues and look at the greater pictures.

But then her action could be none of the above. We shall see.”

One commentator dismissed it outright as “crap” and branded me a sexist in the category of “bocor”.

At no time have I made a sweeping statement on the gender as I qualified it with “It would appear” and an observation. “Great leaders” ,the words I used for those after-menopausal women, does not necessarily mean good leaders. The Sikhs would never like Indira and the Palestinians Golda Meir. These after -menopause women could rule their volatile countries pretty well as they were more stable.

If Ms Fong was in her fifties, instead of quitting she would probably handled it the way of the 50 something Chong Eng.

According to The Star Chong Eng said

“I am very saddened by Fong’s move. On the whole, society is not supportive of women in politics. It is still very much the domain of men.”

“And being in the Opposition, it’s worse. A minority in a minority is even tougher.”

“Men and women are very different. Women are not as good as men in power play."

“But this does not mean they (women) are not capable. It just means that women are different in handling such power play,”

“There must be a more supportive system for women in politics. Here we are trying to increase women representatives but the system is not supportive of them.”

But then Ms Fong is in her 30s and just got married.

My observation is only a hypothesis. Einstein established hypothesis first and then explore and gather the evidence. Likewise more evidence would unfold to support my hypothesis as events roll by.